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The Heirloom

The Heirloom
  • Author(s): Evie Gaughan
  • Location(s): Galway
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Medieval and Contemporary

In the autumn of 1588, the Spanish Armada set out to invade England, before retreating and losing a large portion of her fleet in violent storms off the west coast of Ireland. Now, Amanda Morrison is haunted by dreams...

The Heirs of the Arctic

The Heirs of the Arctic
  • Author(s): Aslak Nore, Sean Kinsella (Translator)
  • Location(s): Norway, Svalbard
  • Genre(s): Noir, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2015

#2 Falck Saga December 2015. Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the Falck family to its core. Hans Falck, who had most to gain from the contentious will, lingers in a hospital bed in...

The Helsingør Sewing Club

The Helsingør Sewing Club
  • Author(s): Ella Gyland
  • Location(s): Copenhagen, Helsingør
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1943 / 2018

Helsingør, Denmark, 1943 In the midst of the German occupation during World War Two, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden. Copenhagen, 2018...

The Helsinki Affair

The Helsinki Affair
  • Author(s): Anna Pitoniak
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Times Thriller of the Month One of The Washington Post’s Best Thrillers of 2023 ‘It’s the case of Amanda’s lifetime but solving it will require her to betray another spy—who just so happens to be her father in...

The Hen Party

The Hen Party
  • Author(s): Emily Benet
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Modern

Film Director, Kate Miller, is in serious trouble. The entire cast and crew of the reality TV show The Hen Party has gone missing while filming in Mallorca. To make matters worse, the network boss has just flown in...

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
  • Author(s): Sun-mi Hwang
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other...

The Hendersons

The Hendersons
  • Author(s): Daphne Glazer
  • Location(s): Sheffield
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW1

The Hendersons opens in 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I and concludes in 1919. It follows the lives of the eponymous Henderson family: William, a Sheffield barber, his wife, Lydia, and his four children, Matthew, Joe,...

The Henna Wars

The Henna Wars
  • Author(s): Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nishat and Flávia are rivals at school, but Nishat can’t help the secret crush burning in her heart – even though her parents disapprove of the fact she likes girls. Can she possibly find her happy ever after? A...

The Herbalist

The Herbalist
  • Author(s): Niamh Boyce
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

The Herbalist is the electrifying first novel from Niamh Boyce, winner of the 2012 Hennesssy XO Award for New Irish Writing. it is a devastating and emotional story of yearning and obsession in 1930s rural Ireland. Out of nowhere the...

The Herd

The Herd
  • Author(s): Andrea Bartz
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Why did the founder of a glamorous coworking space for women disappear? Her best friends will risk everything to uncover the truth. The name of the elite women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE...

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